Latin is great. Audio, video, disco is one of my favorite sayings.: “I see, I hear, I danced in the 70’s….”

Italian makes anything sound appealing: Se masticare una cosa io ti uccidero (“If you chew up one more thing I will kill you”). Is there any other language that delivers a death threat like a love letter?

English has it’s own merits. My Contessa is well versed in that language and those words spoken through the lilt of her accent are pure charm.

Easy English words are my favorite: good,walk, nap, go, stay….God. English must really be the heart of communication. What other language associates the dog with deity so closely (Dog/God, God/Dog. I mean, there MUST be a missing link here, right?)

But, I think eat is the most exciting English word of all, and not for the obvious reason. Not withstanding the words neuter and tutor, which should NEVER be mistaken one for the other, it’s the rhyming I find so fascinating.

Etymologically speaking, nearly every word that rhymes with eat is appealing to the ears of a small dog. Treat, meat, teat, seat (plush and velvet covered, of course). Neat is really the only word that suffers a bit. Neat is not aspiration but inspiration: a cause to rumple, tear and chew, therefore functionally fascinating, as well.